Penn State University -- School of Visual Arts
Spring 2015
ART 411 IDS Capstone II
Professor: Eduardo Navas (ean13@psu.edu)
M & W 2:30 - 5:30 PM

Office Hours: Mondays/Thursdays 9 - 11 AM, Visual Arts 207A
Please contact me at: ean13@psu.edu

Syllabus:
PDF

Midterm Presentation Guidelines

Final Exhibition Set Up and Guidelines

Final Project Presentation Guidelines

ASSIGNMENTS

SITES FOR USE THROUGHOUT THE TERM

Week 14:

Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Lab Day

 

Monday, April 13, 2015
Lecture | Prepare for final thesis presentation | Present a full fledged presentation to test your installation/display and make adjustments on Week 15 for the final thesis of week 16

 

Week 13:

Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Lab Day


Monday, April 6, 2015
Lecture | Individual Meetings | Review PDF documentation, go over layout details, make sure you have the material copy edited/proof read

 

Week 12:

Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Lab Day


Monday, March 30, 2015
Lecture | Go over adjustment to Thesis based on Presentation Feedback |Set up a Proof of Concept Installation/Display

 

Week 11:

Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Lab Day | Individual meetings to discuss feedback based on faculty review


Monday, March 23, 2015
Midterm Presentation to Faculty (May change to next week, depending on faculty
schedule)

 

Week 10:

Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Lab Day


Monday, March 16, 2015
Lecture | Prepare for midterm presentation | Individual Meetings

 

Week 9: Monday, March 9, 2015
Spring Break

Week 8:

Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Lab Day

Monday, March 2, 2015
Second Group presents for general critique

Week 7:

Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Lab Day


Monday, February 23, 2015
First Group presents for general critique

 

Week 6:

Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Lab Day

Monday, February 16, 2015
Lecture | Individual Meetings

 

Week 5:

Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Lab Day

Monday, February 9, 2015
Lecture | Individual Meetings

 

Week 4:

Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Lab Day


Monday, February 2, 2015
Second Group presents for general in-class critique

 

Week 3:

Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Lab Day


Monday, January 26, 2015
First group presents for general in-class critique

 

Week 2:

Wednesday, January 22, 2015
Lab Day: Begin considering promotional design, and look for a designer

Monday, January 19, 2015
Martin Luther King Day, No Classes

 

Week 1:

Monday, January 12, 2015
Introduction | Go over schedule for the Spring semester | Develop order of presentation for the coming weeks | Short Individual meetings as necessary

Resources

How contributing to culture works:

Ph.D. process (this is relevant to any researcher/designer/artist/cultural producer):
http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/

Read this text, pay particular attention to the diagrams:
"The Framework of Culture: Remix in Music, Art, and Literature,"
http://remixtheory.net/?p=651

"The New Aesthetic and The Framework of Culture"
http://median.s151960.gridserver.com/?page_id=93

Everything is a Remix: The Matrix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrW3E6BN5Dg
Everything Is A Remix: Kill Bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4le3EDDAIQ
Everything is a Remix, Part 3 (Copying)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq5D43qAsVg

 

Media Resources

Flowing Data
http://flowingdata.com/
Flow Magazine:
http://flowtv.org/
Pixelache
http://www.pixelache.ac/
Turbulence
http://turbulence.org/
Furtherfield
http://furtherfield.org/
Rhizome.org
http://rhizome.org/
Creators Project
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/en_us

Design

Bruce Mau Design
http://www.brucemaudesign.com/
Design Observer
http://designobserver.com/
Audi Urban Initiative
http://audi-urban-future-initiative.com/

James Bridle and The New Aesthetic:
http://booktwo.org/notebook/waving-at-machines/
Benjamin Bratton's Ted Talk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo5cKRmJaf0

 

Media Design Studios

Brand New School
http://brandnewschool.com/
Imaginary Forces
http://www.imaginaryforces.com/
Meta-design
http://www.metadesign.com/san-francisco